offstage,
limitless prototypes
wait (since eternity)
for just the right climax
or inciting incident
to flood and ply
the arch
for all
of half a minute.
*
Every Earth-second
yields 4.5 infants—
and yet,
in physics, it's professed
that the instant
two bits hit each other
all of their mystery
is forthwith
annihilated.
*
From their seats
in the house,
the audience
bears witness
to undying iterations
of 1s and 0s
piling as
long cords,
into fantastic shapes
never seen before—
but that doesn't stop them
from leaning to whisper
their trite explanations
of the metaphor.
